Ballinrobe Mon, 8th Aug, 2022  Nos Na Gaoithe It was a good performance. She'd hit the crossbar over hurdles already but has always run well. Her jumping was fine for the most part. I'd say the odd one I missed was probably due to being on her own in front. If I'd had company, she would have been perfect. She handled the ground this evening which is fairly lively out there. Hopefully she'll build on that and find a nice novice (hurdle) somewhere in the autumn.

Kilbeggan Sat, 6th Aug, 2022  Pairc Na Ngael It's been a long struggle to get him to win and I'm glad to get it. His jumping is just average and he hit a few. The strong gallop probably suited him. He ran well the last day and was probably entitled to win off that. He'll keep at that game and we'll look for a 0-116 or 0-123 now and see what way we go.

Galway Thu, 28th Jul, 2022  Tudor City We had a few great days here and this lad won it a few years ago and prior to that we won it with Quick Jack and Thomas Edison,. These are the races you love to win and target them a while out. Fortunately enough it has worked out for us a few times. It's a great place to be, it's great to be here and great to have the ammunition. I met John in America in 1985, he's a great friend of my father's and he's looked after me since I was a nipper. Himself and his wife Debbie are two great people. We joined up in 2000. At that time he only came home for Galway and Leopardstown so you'd try and have the horses for those meetings, whenever he'd be home. He's been home for the last couple of years and it makes it a little easier as we can go wherever we have to go with them but the likes of this race is always a target from a long way out. It's gone so competitive but fortunately enough I have a few good men behind me still. If we get a few nice horses hopefully we can do the job with them. You could see a while ago that the horse was beginning to come to himself. He was coming in his coat, his skin, and you could see he was in rude health. We tried to have him as good as we could for today and it showed beforehand in the ring. He was mad alive and bold and active. He was getting a little warm which was a great sign and luckily enough he delivered. He seems to peak this time of year and his best runs are here. He handles the place and likes it obviously. It was an incredible ride, a ri

Sligo Sun, 10th Jul, 2022  Innisfree Beauty Her form hadn’t been too bad, it just sort of petered out but she did have a great run in Thurles one day over this sort of trip. We said we’d let her come here fresh and have a good go from the front and Mark was very good on her. She was tough and she stays that trip well and probably would get a little bit further. He said he couldn’t pull her up afterwards. There’s a nice race for her in Cork in three weeks time, a mares’ handicap with topweight rated 95, aIthough it depends on what the handicapper does. She’s a half-sister to Galvin so she’s a lovely broodmare prospect. Hopefully we’ll win another one with her and she’ll jump a fence too which is exciting.

Roscommon Mon, 4th Jul, 2022  Shes Some Doll She's very consistent in fairness to her. She couldn't get into a rhythm over fences the last day. When she misses one she just can't get back into a rhythm, but she was good there today. We had her in at a low enough price and we'll see if we can get her back. It was nice to get a win with her.

Tipperary Thu, 30th Jun, 2022  Delightfantastic She was unlucky the last day when she ran into trouble and Harry gave her a great ride today and she settled in. We had another horse in the race and said we'd claim from her and Harry had ridden her in bumpers and knew her. She is free, he settled her and he was very good. He is top class and is a jockey in the making.

Clonmel Fri, 10th Jun, 2022  Barbaha Queen The ground was a bit soft for her at Ballinrobe and she was suited by coming back here on decent ground. Her dam was a sister to Savello who was quite a good horse and there is lots in her pedigree. She is decent and will now go for a nice novice hurdle.

Tramore Fri, 3rd Jun, 2022  Frazel Express She's won here three times now which is great, and it's great for us to get a second one with her. Hopefully we'll come back here in August and we'll see if we can get a run in between. She's a very honest, she tries her heart out as you can see, and that was brilliant.

Punchestown Sat, 28th May, 2022  Tudor City The horses have been in great form and are doing everything right. He's been a bit unfortunate, he probably hasn't won as many races as he should have for the class of animal he is but today was brilliant,. He's been running since he was a two-year-old and has given us some great days, he won a Galway Hurdle and he's been a real good servant. He's been running in top quality handicaps on the Flat and over hurdles and always finishing bang there. It's lovely to get that today. We had a few bad years, we had a lot of mishaps and different troubles but touch wood all the horses are running well now again. Fingers crossed it continues. The hope is to go back to Galway with him but when they get to that stage of life you just keep tipping away and hope they pay for themselves. It's like Golden Spear who is retired now, he won in Leopardstown in March. Hopefully this fella will run away over the summer, go to Killarney and end up in Galway. The Galway Hurdle is probably beyond him now and we could look at the consolation hurdle on the Friday. His Flat mark is quite good now, he's down to 76 and he is competing well in good handicaps in the mid 80s so that long distance handicap in York could be on the agenda for him.

Killarney Sun, 15th May, 2022  Stealthy Tom Horses for courses and he got a lovely ride from Shane. He is a half-brother to Gilgamboa so didn't pick it up off the side of the road! . Hopefully he'll come back here in July but banks' racing will be his job down the road with obviously Punchestown next year a target.

Clonmel Thu, 12th May, 2022  Cottie I didn't get a chance to see the race yet but apparently we were lucky not to be brought down. It is great she won, I'm delighted for Pimlico who are great supporters of ours and it is lovely Darragh won on her.

Punchestown Tue, 26th Apr, 2022  Party Central she loves that ground and Davy gave her a great ride. He said he was happy the whole way, the one thing you don't want to do is get to the front too soon as she idles. The plan was to be upsides at the last but as soon as she got to the front she pulled up. She did it here before one day. It's a great start to the week and great for Noel and Valerie (Moran, of owners Bective Stud). we haven't discussed going chasing yet but I can't see why she won't jump a fence. She's a nice mare and I'd say ground is a big key to her, she just doesn't like real depths of winter heavy ground. On the heavy sand at home she's not impressive but when you get her on a nicer surface she's good.

Tramore Mon, 11th Apr, 2022  Lady McCabe Darragh is getting on great with her. The longer distance at Wexford is after giving her confidence and the further she went there the better she was travelling.

Tramore Mon, 11th Apr, 2022  Frazel Express She had a good run the last day in Naas and came out of it well. Her jumping was very good today and the extra half-mile suited her well.

Ballinrobe Fri, 8th Apr, 2022  Johanna Yeats She deserved that. She’d a great run in Naas and a good run in Clonmel before that. I’d say the ground suited her today. She doesn’t like heavy ground. I thought the second (Glenabo Bridge) was the danger as I thought we might turn it around at the weights with the horse that beat her at Naas (fourth home Flashthelights). She seems to be better this year than last year.

Limerick Thu, 7th Apr, 2022  Miss Fourie She is a grand filly and I was delighted with the way she quickened and stayed going,. I don't know where we go from here but we'll have a look and see - she'll keep going for a while more before the summer.